Benefits of
sleep
Sleep, we all love it, especially
when you wake up from a great night's sleep. In the past, sleep was often
ignored by doctors and surrounded by myths, but now we are beginning to
understand the importance of sleep to overall health and well-being. In fact,
when people get less than 6 or 7 hours of sleep each night, their risk for
developing diseases begins to increase. There are several benefit of sleep,
such as sleep can reduce stress, improve memory and Sleep helps control body
weight issues.
Firstly, sleep can
reduce our stress. A good
night's sleep can help lower blood pressure and elevated levels of stress
hormones, which are a natural result of today's fast paced lifestyle. High
blood pressure can be life threatening and the physical effects of stress can
produce "'wear and tear" on your body and degenerate cells, which
propel the aging process. Sleep helps to slow these effects and encourages a
state of relaxation.
The other benefit is sleep can
help to improve our memory.
Your mind is surprisingly busy while you snooze. During sleep you can
strengthen memories or "practice" skills learned while you were awake
(it’s a process called consolidation). "If you are trying to learn
something, whether it’s physical or mental, you learn it to a certain point
with practice," says Dr. Rapoport, who is an associate professor at NYU
Langone Medical Center. "But something happens while you sleep that makes
you learn it better." In other words if you’re trying to learn something
new whether it’s Spanish or a new tennis swing you’ll perform better after
sleeping.
Lastly, sleep can
helps control body weight issues.
Researchers have also found that people who sleep less than seven hours per
night are more likely to be overweight or obese. It is thought that the lack of
sleep impacts the balance of hormones in the body that affect appetite. The
hormones ghrelin and leptin, important for the regulation of appetite, have
been found to be disrupted by lack of sleep. So if you are interested in
controlling or losing weight, don't forget to pay attention to getting a good
night's sleep.
In conclusion, sleep have many
benefits such as sleep can reduce stress, improve our memory and can helps
control body weight issue. You should have good enough sleep to get many
benefits.